Invited Talks
“Germany as a Role Model?: Thinking Unification on the Korean Peninsula,” Seminar titled ‘Die koreanische Halbinsel im Zentrum globalen Kräftemessens’ presented at the public seminar organized by the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council (PUAC), and Republic of Korea Consulate General in Frankfurt, Frankfurt (June 28, 2025).
Panelist, “The Inauguration of the 47th US president: Predictability and Reliability of the New Administration’s Foreign Policy,” Roundtable organized by Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg University (January 21, 2025).
Panelist, “Roundtable Discussion: ROK-China Relations in the 3rd term era of Xi Jinping,” Institute of Korean Studies, Free University of Berlin (February 3, 2023).
“Does South Koreans Support Nuclear Proliferation?,” Institute for the Study of the Asia Pacific, University of Central Lancashire (Online: March 23, 2022).
“An Impossible Choice?: Past, Present, and Future of South Korea’s Independent Nuclear Arms,” Institute of Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University (November 22, 2021).
“China and the Two Koreas,” Guest lecture for IR333, USC School of International Relations (November 18, 2018).
Conference and Presentations
"New Southern Policy vs. Indo-Pacific Strategy: South Korea’s Competing Visions of Regional Order and Its Implications," 9th Annual Conference of the Social Science Korean Studies Network in Europe (SoKEN), University of Turku, April 9-10, 2026.
"The Rise and Fall of South Korea’s Nuclear Phase-out," 2nd SKKU-HD Workshop on East Asian Studies, SKKU, February 7, 2026.
“Germany’s Indo-Pacific Strategy through Korean Eyes: Perceptions and Prospects for Cooperation,” Workshop organized by Torino World Affairs Institute, INALCO Paris, January 16, 2026.
“The Rise and Fall of South Korea’s Nuclear Phase-out,” 8th Annual Meeting of the Social Science Korean Studies Network in Europe (SoKEN), University of Duisburg-Essen, May 23-24, 2025.
“The Dog that Doesn’t Bark: Domestic Social Norms and Public Debate on Nuclear Weapons in South Korea,” IKSU Annual International Conference, University of Central Lancashire, 7-8 January 2022.
“Back to the Future?: Premodern History and Contemporary Strategic Thinking in South Korea,” Early Career Researchers and Graduate Students Conference on East Asia, University of Edinburgh, September 2-3, 2021.
“Status Seeking in Hierarchy: Korea under Chinese Hegemony in Early Modern East Asia,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 31-September 3, 2017.
“Socialization and Hegemonic Authority,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, February 22-5, 2017.
“United We Stand, Divided We Fall: Revisiting Balancing Failure in the Warring States Period,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2014 (with Ronan Tse-min Fu and Chun-ping Wang).
“Threat Perception, Perceived National Capabilities and Nuclear Proliferation: The Case of South Korea.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 30 – September 2, 2012.
“Limits of Nationalism: China’s Northeast Project and South Korea-China Relations.” Korean Studies Graduate Students Convention (KSGSC) in Europe, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, July 27-30, 2010.